Tag: Lagunitas Brewing Co.

Let’s try a thought experiment. I’ll offer the name of a brewery and you notice the first few things that spring to mind. Ready? Sierra Nevada. Unless you’re really not into beer—and then, why are you reading this?—something should have popped into your head. OK, here’s another: Dogfish Head. Or here, try this juicy one:... View Article

One day after filing a trademark infringement lawsuit against Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Lagunitas Brewing Co. founder Tony Magee said on Tuesday his company will drop the suit. Magee made the announcement from his personal Twitter account. Today, January 13th 2015, has been the worst day ever in 23 years of growing my brewery. Worst.... View Article

The approved assignment for this column was to be about attending the 1994 Craft Brewers Convention in Austin, TX, where Charlie Papazian, then-president of the Brewers Association of America, took to the stage inexplicably in a clown outfit to wild cheers. It was to be titled “Clown Shoes.” It was to be an introspective on... View Article

Lagunitas Brewing Co. Petaluma, CA This beer is brewed in remembrance of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s 2005 undercover investigation into a suspected marijuana-selling ring at a weekly Lagunitas tasting. The ABC could only find Lagunitas guilty of running a “disorderly house” and placed the brewery on a 20-day suspension. ABV: 9.75 ABW:... View Article

This may come as a shock to my many fans and admirers, but I’m not the smartest bear in the beverage business. Or even the beer business, as long as we’re qualifying. Nor am I the best-looking, or the richest, or the tallest, or have the whitest teeth. But there’s one metric I suspect I... View Article

You have to hand it to Don Russell, although what you had to him might vary depending upon the city where you prefer to drink beer. In Philadelphia, Russell is Joe Sixpack, a man who turned beer into a full time job: reason enough to admire him. He has also rather brazenly declared his hometown... View Article